I wanted a cute accent pillow for the living room. Deciding on a Missouri State pillow I drew out my state shape and cut out 2 layers of felt with my pattern. I chose Missouri because I l...
Since I dont work outside the house my daily outfit of choice is usually jeans and a t-shirt. In an effort not to look like a total slob I try to wear more polished t-shirts as in fitted and as...
Since today is presidents day and I live in Independence, Missouri home of our 33rd president Harry S. Truman I thought I would try out a couple of his wife Besss recipes.I made her coconut cookies a...
Nothing says I love you like carbs in the shape of a heart. I made this bread using the french baguette recipe I made here. Exactly the same except I added some red food coloring at the e...
I made these little heart pins thinking they would be a cute way to add a little Valentines to your outfits without being over the top.You need leather, felt, safety pins. I used 3/4" pins....
I and all of American consider Superbowl Sunday a day to eat a lot of food. I love an all appetizer buffet and Ive been thinking about what new things Id like to try this year. I d...
Sunday I ran the Groundhog run 10k. Apparently it is world famous so Im sure you have heard of it. It is held in a huge man made cave in east Kansas City. The run is completely unde...
Valentines Day is coming up and I like Valentines crafts with all the red, pink and heart shapes. Never big that big on the holiday itself but I always appreciate an opportunity to get crafty.I...
This is my red sweater before. It has a couple of light rose spots on it caused by bleach splashes. While not that noticeable unless you really look I just dont think Clinton Kelly would approv...
The only diet rule I have in my house is eat whatever you want but you have to make it yourself. Also not a rule but I dont deep fry anything. Example: I want a cheeseburger and fries I ...
1. I was really sick this week, Puke sick, I think it was food poisoning.2. I only ran 3 days this week3. I didnt drink coffee 3 days in a row, thats how much my stomach hurt.4. &nb...
1. Me in my awesome running safety vest so that only the cars that really want to hit me do. This first picture is with the flash off the second picture is with the flash on. It was dusk ...
I found this denim skirt the other day that I had made about 3 years ago. I used a pattern and as usual didnt make any kind of test patten first to check for fit. Well it didnt fit, but n...
I am adding another goal for myself this year. To do a better job of remembering to bring my reusable shopping bags with me when heading to a store. I have gotten pretty lazy about it thi...
1. Loving the warm winter weather this past week. I took advantage and did two long runs. 12 miles on Sunday the 1st and 15 miles Wednesday. My body was seriously questioning those runs on Thur...
I really like having energy bars on hand for when I dont feel like eating breakfast or I need to eat before a run. I only like to run on a mostly empty stomach but I dont want to be hungry. &nb...
Yesterday while thinking about my new years goals I spent way to much time reading other bloggers goals and resolutions. So I just made my list by stealing others goals. Just kidding thou...
Gretchen pulling in our Christmas tree with her tractor in her Christmas dress and elf hat I made her. Looking forward to fun family weekend hope yours is good too.
Many times when my family gets together for a holiday we like to get crafty. A fun little project usually for after everyone is stuffed with food. Most times either my mom or I have put t...
I put together a jingle bracelet for Gretchen to wear while jamming to Christmas music.To one short strip of white faux fur use needle and thread to attach 3 jingle bells. Stitch a piece of ela...
The past few weeks Id forgotten to make the move on the toilet paper tubes to the recycle bin. I seem to of acquired a little collection. My goals last night were to clean the house and w...
I was in Anthropologie this weekend and they were selling Christmas ornaments that were just balls covered in pretty lingerie elastics. I have a box of pretty elastics and I made a stop at the ...
Continuing on my quest to fest up my living room I decided to make up some pom pom garland. I had pink, turquoise and yellow yarn that I wound into pom poms. I made up ten of each color.A...
These are either magic cookie bars or 7 layer bar cookies yummy no matter what you call them. My favorite Christmas cookie they taste like a candy bar to me. You could swap out layers for...
I did a little more Christmas decorating last night decking out the mantel. I hung the stockings and put out the holiday music albums. On the blank canvas I strung mini bulb ornaments I b...
I known Im making ridiculous faces in these pictures, I think Im going to start wearing sunglasses in my pictures so I look less annoyed. Im trying to show off my newest sewing project. &...
I originally made this salad last week for the Thanksgiving dinner I attended. I still have almost a full bag of cranberries so I thought id mix it up again this week for a light lunch. ...
December is just 2 days away so its time to start decorating. Im starting off with some garland made of felt. I am going to add layers and layers of garland to my living room window each ...
My aunt Betty brought over a vintage apron pattern for some very fancy aprons. I had this vintage fabric I bought a couple of months ago that I thought would be perfect for this pattern. ...
For Gretchens party food we wanted to do a buffet with mostly finger foods. Rob and I really like bite size foods, and didnt want to do a sit down meal. I didnt know how many guests we would ha...
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